Lesser Capybara vs lime prickly-ash

Hydrochoerus isthmius compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Capybara	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Caviidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Hydrochoerus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Hydrochoerus isthmius	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Capybara	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Capybara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia